Delta Air Lines Lockheed L-1011 TriStar

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The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is a medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation. It was the third wide-body airliner to enter commercial operations, after the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The airliner has a seating capacity of up to 400 passengers and a range of over 4,600 miles. Its trijet configuration has three Rolls-Royce RB211 engines with one engine under each wing, along with a third engine center-mounted with an S-duct air inlet embedded in the tail and the upper fuselage. The aircraft has an auto-land capability, an automated descent control system, and available lower deck galley and lounge facilities.

Delta Air Lines is one of the top four largest airlines in the United States with an extensive international route network as well. Delta commenced operations in 1929 at Monroe, Louisiana and grew with a southern route structure building hubs at Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) as well as using Chicago-O’Hare and Miami as major focal points. Delta is now based in Atlanta and began service to Albuquerque on February 15, 1983 with three daily flights to DFW using Boeing 727-200 aircraft.

This Delta Air Lines Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, N-726-DA, made an emergency landing at the Albuquerque Sunport during a Dallas to Los Angeles flight. The aircraft landed without incident in May of 1979.

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